Senai
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- seh-NYE
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Senai is a name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Senai come from?
Arabic: uncertain; possibly linked to Arabic sana 'radiance', as in Sanaa
Is Senai a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Senai has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US.
How popular is Senai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Senai, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2006, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Senai in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Senai in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
Names like Senai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Sariyah, Sama, Salem, Sawyer, Sarai, Salma, Selah, Sanai, Lorelai, Saylor, Zainab
Names related to Senai
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Senai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/senai, updated 20 October 2026.